Analytical Skills

The gamification of business is not just for effective marketing campaigns. Gamification will change the way organizations connect with consumers and it will provide extremely valuable big data that can enhance a company’s big database.

What are analytical skills and what do they mean for your future? With the rise of big data, analytical skills are becoming increasingly important, yet companies are struggling to find people who have the right set of skills. You’d like to specialize in analytical skills that will get you that future job, but what kind of thinker are you? Take this brief free quiz…

Everyone feels they need a little stress relief now and then. But sometimes the signs of stress are more serious and can ultimately lead to a cycle of self-sabatoge where your workload grows too heavy to bear, you get mired in the little stuff, and lose sight of the big stuff.

Is there one ultimate measure of performance? The lifetime value of a customer trumps all other measures. For almost every business, using almost any business model, Customer Lifetime Value (clv) provides more insight than any other single measure.

Does your “to do” list overwhelm you because you need to get things done urgently? In those moments your stress feels like it’s rising inside of you. But you can stop yourself from getting on the survival cycle with these five steps…

Big data now allows you to go beyond traditional key performance indicators (kpi) that focus only on financial performance. While financial measures will always be the ultimate measures of success, using them to manage on a daily basis focuses an organization on the past. This creates a lagging mindset. How do you focus on now to create financial success in the future?

What are the key performance indicators (kpi) you miss using only traditional metrics? While you probably have massive amounts of traditional enterprise data, you won’t get the complete picture without looking at new customer metrics. Social media and mobile technology create massive amounts of new and valuable “big” data. The challenge for leaders: mining this data to get the most meaningful information.